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Denmark, the first country to import CO2 and bury it undersea
Denmark inaugurates on Wednesday a project to store carbon dioxide 1,800 metres beneath the North Sea, the first country in the world to bury CO2 imported from abroad. The CO2 graveyard, where the carbon is…
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‘Dark day for Georgia’s democracy’: Mass protests over foreign agent law
Georgians protested against a controversial foreign agent law on Tuesday that some claimed will stifle freedoms in the country. Riot police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse tens of thousands of protesters outside…
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Husband in Spain ordered to pay Є200,000 to ex-wife for domestic labour
A Spanish judge in the town of Velez-Malaga in Malaga, Andalusia, has recognised that a divorced woman should be compensated with Є204,624.86 as compensation for the work at home and care performed during her 25-year…
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‘A silent epidemic’: Have murders of women increased in Europe?
Gender-based violence has been dubbed a ‘silent epidemic’ that affects women all across Europe. According to EU statistics, one in three women from the age of 15 upwards has experienced physical or sexual violence. In Spain…
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Two Americans found dead after violent Mexico kidnapping
Two of the four Americans kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel last week have been found dead. The two survivors are now back on US territory, one with serious but not life-threatening injuries. The four…
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Women are disproportionately harmed by the fossil fuel industry. This has to change
Today is International Women’s Day, and just like every year in recent times, fossil fuel companies will exploit this day to advertise their career options for women, call out the gender gap in science and…
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Helping Spain’s forgotten victims in the fight against gender violence
2023 is off to a dramatic start in Spain with ten women so far victims of gender-based violence. Joshua Alonso lost his mother six years ago to her ex-partner. At the age of 25, he…
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Ursula von der Leyen in Canada for talks on renewable energy and Ukraine aid
On her visit to Canada, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed the Canadian parliament as part of her charm offensive across the Atlantic. Her goal is to promote cooperation in areas such as…
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New intelligence suggests pro-Ukrainian group behind Nord Stream attack
New intelligence reviewed by European and US officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian saboteur group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines in September last year. The bombing took place in international waters in…
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‘No foreigners’: Discrimination allegations mar Turkey quake response
In the early hours of the morning Daria Gilani, who asked that we not use her real name, awoke to the earth shattering beneath her. She and some friends — all Iranian asylum-seekers — came…
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